monk
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
monk/mʌŋk/
▶noun a member of a religious community of men typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
– derivatives
monkish adjective,
monkishly adverb,
monkishness noun.
monkish adjective,
monkishly adverb,
monkishness noun.
– origin OE munuc, based on Gk monakhos ‘solitary’, from monos ‘alone’.
'monk' also found in these Oxford entries:
ascetic
- Basilian
- Benedictine
- bhikkhu
- Black Monk
- Carthusian
- cell
- Cistercian
- Cluniac
- cowl
- Dalai Lama
- Fra
- Franciscan
- lama
- monastic
- monk seal
- nun
- palmer
- Pelagian
- Premonstratensian
- talapoin
- tonsure
- votary
